The Prescription Bluegrass Blog has just been "Botoxed", undergone an "Extreme Makeover" and injected with electronic steroids for a more "Youthful Look".
Our Bulletin Board companion to the Radio Therapy is now being hosted on a new site with more features than before. We've got a cleaner look which means easier to read. And we've got a lot of new features which means it'll be easier to find stories by using our Archive or Search tools.
Plus we've added a couple of highlights like the REAL TIME news feed constantly searching for anything bluegrass that hits the News. Check out the panel on the right under "UP-TO-THE-MINUTE-NEWS. We're constantly searching for any news in "Bluegrass Music". If we expect something breaking, we'll search for those keywords as well.
Also, just for fun, we've added the "Rhyme Me" search tool just for songwriters.
One slight sacrifice in doing this makeover is that older posts from the former blog site will not migrate into this blog. So for older stories, visit us at: http://rxbluegrass.wordpress.com/. We'll maintain that site for some time yet until the archives can be imported here.
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The convention and visitors bureau for Owensboro and Daviess County, Ky., is putting a 15-second ad on a digital full-motion billboard on New York's 42nd Street. Visitors bureau executive director Karen Miller told the Messenger-Inquirer of Owensboro that the spot will feature Monroe, bluegrass music and Owensboro and will run 18 times a day for 48 days at a cost of $15,000. It will run from Nov. 15 to Jan. 1, times that will cover the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration.
Monroe died in 1996 and is buried in Rosine, Ky.
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Online: Owensboro-Daviess County Convention & Visitors Bureau's new website, www.BillMonroe100birthday.com.
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Banjo enthusiasts are encouraged to learn the secrets of Banjo and test their skill by submitting a video of their playing for the chance to win a Deering Banjo shopping spree valued at $1500 on www.DeeringBanjos.com and scholarships at www.TonyBanjo.com.
Enter for the chance to win one of three exciting prizes:
GRAND PRIZE:
Banjoists of any skill level are encouraged to participate – be sure to share this with your banjo friends!
How Do I Enter?
Contestants must film one continuous video shot of themselves (no edits!) playing one of three songs in their playing level: “Shady Grove” (Beginner), “Redwing” (Intermediate), or “Blackberry Blossom” (Advanced). Deadline for entry is December 17, 2010 at 5pm PST. Contestants must be enrolled in the Tony Trischka School of Banjo at the time of entry. Enrollment in the “TTSB” is just $60 for three months of instruction.
Judging Criteria?
Contestants will be judged by a qualified panel of judges consisting of members of the banjo media, Deering Banjos, and ArtistWorks, hosts of the TTSB. Criteria points include: appropriateness of song to playing skill level, playing of the song in good time, note separation (strength and clarity of each note), and expanding on tunes with player’s own variations, improvisation, and personality.
Interested entrants can learn more at http://www.TonyTrischkaSchoolofBanjo.com
For more information and official contest rules, please visit:
http://www.tonytrischkaschoolofbanjo.com/content/deering-banjo-0
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to be featured on Times Square billboard
OWENSBORO, Ky. — The late father of bluegrass music, Bill Monroe, will be playing soon in New York's Times Square to promote the Kentucky celebration of the centennial of his birth.The convention and visitors bureau for Owensboro and Daviess County, Ky., is putting a 15-second ad on a digital full-motion billboard on New York's 42nd Street. Visitors bureau executive director Karen Miller told the Messenger-Inquirer of Owensboro that the spot will feature Monroe, bluegrass music and Owensboro and will run 18 times a day for 48 days at a cost of $15,000. It will run from Nov. 15 to Jan. 1, times that will cover the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration.
Monroe died in 1996 and is buried in Rosine, Ky.
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Online: Owensboro-Daviess County Convention & Visitors Bureau's new website, www.BillMonroe100birthday.com.
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PICKIN’ PRODUCTIONS SIGNS NEW TALENT!
Here’s Three Hot New Acts now signed with Rob Miller
Town Mountain 
Anne & Pete Sibley
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Town MountainOriginal Bluegrass & Roots Country
First Place winners of the 2005 RockyGrass Band Contest – Phil Barker two-time IBMA songwriter showcase artist – Robert Greer North Carolina Vocalist of the Year – New CD Spring 2011, produced by Mike Bub
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Anne & Pete SibleyOldtime & Original Folk Music
www.anneandpetesibley.co Winners of the 2009 A Prairie Home Companion’s “Great American Duet Sing Off” – 2009 Release of 5th critically acclaimed CD Coming Home. Music Video
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Finders & Youngberg
Bluegrass Country Folk
Mike Finders two-time winner of MerleFest Chris Austin Songwriting Contest - Former members of Hit & Run, Slipstream, Mike & Amy Finders Band and Uncle Earl – New CD in Spring 2011 More About The Band/ Listen
For more information about these groups contact:
Rob Miller
PICKIN’ PRODUCTIONS
PO BOX 1690 PAONIA, CO 81428
970.527.4791 (office) 970.260.6493 (cell)
pickinproductions@gmail.com
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PICKIN’ PRODUCTIONS SIGNS NEW TALENT!
Now Booking for 2011/2012
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Enter the Deering Dream Banjo Contest!
Tony Trischka and Deering Banjo have teamed up to present The Deering Dream Banjo Contest!
To foster the advancement and preservation of banjo learning and performance, the Tony Trischka School of Banjo and Deering Banjos have created the Dream Banjo Contest for players of all skill levels.Banjo enthusiasts are encouraged to learn the secrets of Banjo and test their skill by submitting a video of their playing for the chance to win a Deering Banjo shopping spree valued at $1500 on www.DeeringBanjos.com and scholarships at www.TonyBanjo.com.
Enter for the chance to win one of three exciting prizes:
GRAND PRIZE:Winner receives a $1500 Shopping Spree toward ANY ITEM on DeeringBanjos.com, such as the Goodtime Midnight Special or the Vega Little Wonder, and a One Year Scholarship to the Tony Trischka School of Banjo
SECOND PRIZE:
Six-month scholarship to the Tony Trischka School of Banjo
THIRD PRIZE:
Three-month scholarship to the Tony Trischka School of Banjo
Who Can Enter? Six-month scholarship to the Tony Trischka School of Banjo
THIRD PRIZE:
Three-month scholarship to the Tony Trischka School of Banjo
Banjoists of any skill level are encouraged to participate – be sure to share this with your banjo friends!
How Do I Enter?
Contestants must film one continuous video shot of themselves (no edits!) playing one of three songs in their playing level: “Shady Grove” (Beginner), “Redwing” (Intermediate), or “Blackberry Blossom” (Advanced). Deadline for entry is December 17, 2010 at 5pm PST. Contestants must be enrolled in the Tony Trischka School of Banjo at the time of entry. Enrollment in the “TTSB” is just $60 for three months of instruction.
Judging Criteria?
Contestants will be judged by a qualified panel of judges consisting of members of the banjo media, Deering Banjos, and ArtistWorks, hosts of the TTSB. Criteria points include: appropriateness of song to playing skill level, playing of the song in good time, note separation (strength and clarity of each note), and expanding on tunes with player’s own variations, improvisation, and personality.
Interested entrants can learn more at http://www.TonyTrischkaSchoolofBanjo.com
For more information and official contest rules, please visit:
http://www.tonytrischkaschoolofbanjo.com/content/deering-banjo-0
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